How was the Mastodon/Gojira/Kvelertak gig? I'm super stoked for tonight - listening to Mastodon's set-list from last night as I type.

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The show was great. The venue was sold out. It was very packed. We walked in and got stuck near the back for Kvelertak. They were good. Kvelertak had a technical problem during one of the songs. I think a bad cord. Gojira was the highlight for me. Their set sounded awesome and the lights were great. We were able to get a good spot right behind the soundboard before Mastodon. Mastodon was excellent. They changed a couple of songs from the earlier setlists on the tour. One was an older song I had wanted to hear. It was replaced with a song I am "eh" on. Overall, it is one of the top shows I have seen this year.

Your venue's start time looks to be same as mine was. If so, this is your schedule. 7:30pm Kvelertak8:20pm Gojira9:30pm Mastodondone around 11pm

Thanks for that info from yesterday....yep - they followed that schedule pretty close. I did enjoy the gig - excellent performances by all, so no complaints there. For example, it was pretty extraordinary to watch & hear Gojira's Mario Duplantier on drums....he's amazing. Having said that, I seemed to have a slight "disconnect" with both Gojira & Mastodon last night...no doubt largely due to just not being familiar enough with their music (my bad for not listening more to both beforehand; had really only listened heavily to Mastodon's Crack the Skye, Gogira's latest, and some random other songs here and there). Hmmm....not sure. I guess in comparison to some of the gigs (featuring some of my favorite bands, new and old) that I've been to this year that I was totally CRAZY about (for example, most all of the Prog Nation sets, The Ocean doing Pelagial, Godflesh, and the recent Metal Alliance gig (in particular BEHEMOTH and Goatwhore), I just wasn't "feelin' it" in the same way last night. I do plan on listening to more of their music though now that I've seen them live. Enjoyed Kvelertak very much as the other three times I've seen them, although I did prefer the setting of the smaller venues I've seen them in previously & being able to get really close. It was just too packed and too big a crowd last night to do that. I hadn't been to the Riviera in years and I forgot how big it is - holds over 2,000 and the gig must have been sold out or very nearly sold out.

Don't get the hate on modern Turisas. Winnipeg crowd loved them the most of all bands on Monday, and they make great choices for the setlist, pulling out stuff from the new albums that imo holds up live just as well as old stuff. They left it all on the stage.

alex_canada wrote:Don't get the hate on modern Turisas. Winnipeg crowd loved them the most of all bands on Monday, and they make great choices for the setlist, pulling out stuff from the new albums that imo holds up live just as well as old stuff. They left it all on the stage.

Said it to a friend after the show yesterday, I felt the new stuff plays a LOT better live than on album. I'll never doubt their abilities to put on a great performance every time, especially when they close with Rasputin - love their take on it.

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